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Boy's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: falling

YinonIn Hebrew: ינון · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: יִנּוֹן

Yinon (Hebrew: ינון) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 7,066 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 133 boys and ranked #142. Its peak year was 2013, with 247 babies.

People in Israel
7,066
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
133
rank #142
Peak year
2013
247 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Yinon

In Hebrew letters the name is ינון, read right to left. Yinon is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Yinon by year in Israel

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Yinon: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Yinon

How do you write Yinon in Hebrew?

Yinon is written ינון in Hebrew (with vowel points: יִנּוֹן). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Yinon?

7,066 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ינון: 0 women and 7,066 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Yinon a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named ינון are men.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.